Opinions about rust.
#11
I spend more time taking care of the rust on the steel spokes then anything else when i clean it, and the stock pads really don't heal either.
Once I get my living situation settled at the end of the month, I'm going to replace my spokes with stainless ones and paint the wheels.
Once I get my living situation settled at the end of the month, I'm going to replace my spokes with stainless ones and paint the wheels.
#13
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#16
My bike has no rust and it has seen rain twice and is a year old. After the rain I blew the whole bike off with my compressor and that was it. I don't have any rust anywhere on my bike other then the allen bolt on my deuce turn sig mounts, but I did buy those off of ebay!! As for the trees that some have mentioned. Those are not chrome, they are polished. Take some mothers to them and it looks chrome. I use biker spirits to clean my bike and wheels, but so far so good for me.
#17
08 FXDC here. I live in Florida, 30 mi. from the coast and about 1/2 mi. from St. Johns River. Got about 8000 mi. on it. Keep the bike in the garage, wash / clean regularly. Every week or two I use Never Dull on rims. Have simi-thouroughly cleaned spokes with Never Dull probably twice. No rust no where, but signs of discoloration inside slots on rear disk. Maby rocky road makes the difference, I don't know.
#18
No rust here. Took and powder coated the rims, hubs and spokes, no rust for me. I have seen it though, not sure what to tell ya, other than it seems to happen alot, and ways to help or solve it have been listed, how you would like to handle this is up to you. Lots of labor (ie Wax, or little to no work, powder coat them). I wish you luck in what ever way you go.